Personalised Assistive Devices Approach for Diabetic Foot Ulcer Prevention

Exclusion Criteria

• •Foot ulcer or open amputation site(s)
• •Active Charcot's neuroarthropathy
• •Foot infection, based on criteria of the PEDIS classification
• •Amputation proximal to the metatarsal bones in both feet
• •Healed ulcer on the apex of digitus 2-5 as the only ulcer location in the past 4 years, as surgical intervention (flexor tenotomy) is a more likely and guideline-recommended treatment for such patients, rather than the multimodal care under investigation
• •Severe illness that would make 12-months survival unlikely, based on the clinical judgment by the physician
• •Concomitant severe physical or mental conditions that limit the ability to follow instructions for the study, based on clinical judgment